Trump refuses to say he believes Russia was solely responsible for U.S. election interference [View all]
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Source: The Washington Post
By Abby Phillip July 6 at 5:47 AM
WARSAW — President Trump refused Thursday to say definitively that he believes Russia was responsible for interference in the 2016 election.
"I think it could very well have been Russia but I think it could well have been other countries, I won’t be specific," Trump said at a news conference in Warsaw with Polish President Andrzej Duda. "I think a lot of people interfere. I think it’s been happening for a long time."
The U.S. intelligence community has said publicly that it believes Russia was responsible for efforts to meddle in the election and that the operation was directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Nobody really knows," Trump added. "Nobody really knows for sure.”
Trump's comments come just one day before he is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Putin during a G-20 summit in Germany, and questions remain about whether he will confront Russia over the issue.
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Trump Attacks U.S. Spies, Says ‘Other People’ Could’ve Hacked 2016
Donald Trump kicked off his European tour ranting about President Obama, NBC, CNN, and other actors who may have hacked the U.S. election besides Russia.
OLIVIA MESSER
07.06.17 7:34 AM ET
President Trump began his tour of Eastern Europe on Thursday with a rant that cast U.S. intelligence agencies as untrustworthy in their assessment that Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election. Trump even deflected blame away from Moscow for election-related hacking.
“I think it was Russia, and I think it could’ve been other people and other countries,” Trump said. “Nobody really knows for sure. A lot of people interfere. It’s been happening for a long time.”
Trump appeared with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw en route to the G-20 summit, where the commander in chief is set to have his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Independent cybersecurity firms, relying on a host of technical indicators, began fingering the Russian government for the hack of the Democratic National Committee in the summer of 2016. Putin has even admitted that “patriotic” Russian hackers may have been behind the breach.
Speaking in Warsaw, Trump said he doubted how many U.S. intelligence agencies assessed the Kremlin's effort in a January report.
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